Tamasha (English: Spectacle[2]) is an upcoming Indian romantic drama film written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. It stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in lead roles. Tamasha
tells the story of character "Ved" (played by Ranbir Kapoor) who loses
his self by living according to the social conventions expected of him.[3] Principal photography began in Corsica, France in July 2014. Post this schedule, filming continued briefly in Indian cities—Shimla, Delhi, Gurgaon and Kolkata followed by two-day schedule in Tokyo, Japan. The filming concluded in Mumbai by August 2015.The film score and soundtrack album are composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics from Irshad Kamil. Tamasha is scheduled to release on 27 November 2015.[4]
Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor as Ved Vardhan Sahni[5]
- Deepika Padukone as Tara Maheshwari[6]
- Javed Sheikh as Ved's father[7]
- Nikhil Bhagat as Tara's father[6]
- Faraaz Servaia as Tara's brother[6]
- Punam Singh as Tea Executive[6
Production
Development
In 2013, Imtiaz Ali began working on this project after Rockstar, collaborating once again with Ranbir Kapoor and A. R. Rahman.[8][9] Deepika Padukone was confirmed as the lead female in September 2013.[10] The working title of the project was The Window Seat.[11] In an interview with The Indian Express, Ali mentions, "It’s that thought that crosses your mind when you are sitting by the window seat of a train and watching Ratlam go by and you think, what if I get down from this train? What life awaits me there?" He justified that outside this window, there is a mythical world where one can be what he wants to. According to him, the window seat gives one a chance to drop their present life story and become a brand new person.[12] Later, the film was titled, Tamasha.[11] The troupe played by Kapoor and Padukone is one of the reasons for the film's title Tamasha as it refers to the Shakespearean monologue, 'All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players'.[13] The title of the film stems from the lines by poet Ghalib- "Hota Hai Shab-O-Roz Tamasha Mere Aagey" that translates to, "Your most personal thought is your life’s biggest Tamasha.[14]Ali stated that the film is constantly associated with the stage. There is an artist who narrates his stories on stage.[2] In August 2014, Padma Bhushan winner Teejan Bai was roped in to perform Pandavani and narrations of the Mahabharata for the film.[15] In an interview with The Press Trust of India, Ali outlined the generalised storyline, "You meet a certain person and you are very enchanted by him. He is free flowing and your type and then you lose touch. Years later when you meet, he is absolutely somebody else."[3]Ali went on to add that the film isn't autobiographical but has minor moments from his personal life portrayed onscreen.[2] He was quoted saying, "Tamasha has that kind of love which makes a normal person extraordinary, which makes a commoner an artist. This is the kind of love through which you understand why you need a woman in life and how it takes you on a journey through which we identify ourselves.”[2]Characters
Ranbir Kapoor's character (as Ved Vardhan Sahni) is about a person who is enchanted by stories, who grows up hearing them and expresses himself by performing them. Kapoor plays a free spirited person who wants everybody around him to be happy. He is a nomad, going out of his way to please people.[13]Ved is an average guy who doesn’t wish to tap into a special quality within him until someone comes along and helps him open up.[16] The film portrays Kapoor's life in three stages–as a nine-year-old child, a 19-year-old adolescent and a 30-year-old repatriate adult.[7] His character bears loose resemblance to that of Edward Bloom in the 2003 American fantasy drama film Big Fish.[11]The character played by Deepika Padukone (as Tara Maheshwari) is a quick, eloquent and emotionally agile girl with a gentle gait.[11] In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, Padukone stated her character as a fan of the French comic series, Asterix, which takes place in Corsica, France.[13] In the film it sets out on an adventure wherein she meets Kapoor's character.[13] They both explore the island and, along the way, they form a troupe to stage dramatic plays and fall passionately in love.[13] Her character identifies more with Ved's journey, helping him to get out of the monotonic life.[16] In January 2015, Ali roped in few working officials of the tea auctioneer company J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. for the film. They were not auditioned but directly chosen to play their characters.[6] In an explanation to the connection with company and Kolkata, Ali was quoted, "The character that Deepika plays in the movie is Tara Maheshwari and her family owns many tea gardens. We’ve borrowed the title of "Darjeeling Impex" to portray the company for the film."[6] In the film, Tara's father hands over his tea business to Tara so that she starts a line of tea boutiques, taking the company ahead.[6]
The film pays homage to veteran actor Dev Anand. In the film, Kapoor had imitated Anand. Imtiaz Ali wanted it because when the characters Ved and Tara meet in a place and they decide they not to disclose their identities, so he becomes "Don" and she becomes "Mona Darling".[17] Kapoor took classes from mime artists to mimic those dialogues.[17]
On casting Javed Sheikh, who plays Kapoor's father in the film, Ali opined, "There was no one better than Javed sahib because the character originates from Lahore. There is a certain air about him that only Javed sahib can pull off."[14]
Filming began in Corsica, France on 9 July 2014 and was wrapped on 30 July 2014.[18] Several images and video footage of the song "Matargashti" (previously noted as "Dil Ka Bayaan") shot at Bastia Museum Café were leaked in August 2014.[19] Filming began in Shimla on 1 December 2014.[5] It featured child artistes playing the young characters of Kapoor's and Padukone's in an unknown flashback sequence.[20][21] Scenes with Javed Sheikh were filmed in Shimla alone.[7] Kapoor was observed sporting a countryside look. In another scene he had donned as a graduating student from Jaypee University of Information Technology.[5][22] The Kolkata schedule began on 16 January 2015, where Padukone was seen filming at the old airport and J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.[6][23] The song titled, "Heer To Badi Sad Hain" was shot in Kolkata.[24]
The Delhi schedule of filming began on 29 January 2015.[25]Scenes featuring Kapoor were shot at the Time Tower Business Park in Gurgaon.[26] Padukone joined the same schedule a day later, beginning the shoot in southern Delhi’s Hauz Khas village.[27] The scheduled was wrapped up by 23 February 2015.[28] Certain scenes were shot in Delhi from 10 March 2015, extending a week further.[29] On 22 March 2015, filming in Shimla resumed. Three days later to the date, Kapoor was being filmed at Ridge road and Hill town.[30] For the scene, his appearance carried a clean-shaven look and he wore grey hooded jacket, white shirt and jeans. Majority of the scenes were shot at Bishop Cotton School.[31] A scene dating the year 2004 in the backdrop was canned where Kapoor delivered a lecture on stage. The next filming schedule began in Tokyo on 8 April 2015[32] and lasted for two days.[32] Further, filming continued in Delhi for five days.[32] In August 2015, the last schedule of filming began at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.[33][34] The filming was officially completed on 6 August 2015.[35][36][37]Music
Main article: Tamasha (soundtrack)
The soundtrack album and film score is composed by A. R. Rahman with song lyrics by Irshad Kamil.[38] The music in the film has been used as a narrative to enhance the inherent drama of the situation without dialogues[39] whereas the lyrical work presents human emotions in different flavours.[40]The soundtrack album's lead single "Matargashti" was released on October 9, 2015.[41] The album was released on 16 October 2015 by the record label T-Series.[42]
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